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Acronyms and abbreviations in English.

An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components of a phrase or a word, usually individual letters. There are no universal standards for the multiple names for such abbreviations or for their orthographic styling.

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There are 244 terms in this directory beginning with the letter B.
B.C.
Before Christ
B.D.
banker's draft (Bankscheck)
B/E
Bill of Exchange (Wechsel)
B/L
Bill of Lading (Konossament)
B/P
bills payable (Wechsel zahlbar)
B/R
bills receivable (Ausstehende Wechselforderungen)
B2B
Business to Business.
B2C
Business to Consumer.
B2E
Business to Employee.
B2PA
Business to Public Administration (im e-Commerce)
B4
Before
B4N
Bye for Now
BA
1. Behavior Aggregate.
2. Bosnia And Herzegovina.
3. Brake Assist.
BAA
BAA PLC (Formerly Britisch Airports Authority)
BAB
Build A Bridge
BAC
1. By Any Chance.
2. Back At Computer.
3. Bacterial artificial chromosome.
4. Blood Alchohol Content.
BACMI
British Aggregate Construction Materials Industries (now merged with SAGA as QPA)
Bacteriol
bacteriology, bacteriologic(al)
BAD
Broken As Designed
BAF
Brain Already Fried
BAFO
Best and Final Offer (Contract Bidding)
BAG
Big Ass Grin
BAGMA
British Agricultural and Garden Machinery Association
BAIC
1.Boy, Am I Confused.
2. Baltimore American Indian Center.
3. Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation.
4. Barring of All Incoming Calls.
5. Bay Area Internet Connection.
BAIK
Boy Am I Kind
BAK
Back At Keyboard
BAMA
British Automobile Manufacturers Association (USA)
BAMF
Bad Assed Mother fucker
BANANA
Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody
BAPPCO
British Automotive Parts Promotion Council
BAS
1. Big Ass Smile.
2. Brake Assystant System.
BASt
German Federal Highway Research Agency
BAT
1. Basic Acceptance Test.
2. Beat Auto Theft (ILLINOIS).
3. Best Avaulable Techniques.
BATRRT
Best Available Treatment, Recovery and Recycling Techniques (esp WEEE)
BB
1. Be Back.
2. Barbados.
BBA
British Bankers Association
BBAISR
British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
BBB
British Business Bureau
BBF
Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros
BBFN
Bye Bye For Now
BBIAB
Be Back In A Bit
BBIAF
Be Back In A Few
BBL
Be Back Later
BBN
Bye Bye Now
BBR
Burnt Beyond Repair
BBS
Bullet in Board System; Be Back Soon
BBSL
Be Back Sooner or Later
BBW
Big Beautiful Women
BC
1. Be Cause.
2. Basket Case.
3. Before Christ.
BCA
Basic Credit Approval
BCAM
Bureau of Construction and Agricultural Machinery (China)
BCB
British Consultants Bureau
BCCEG
Business Climate Change and Energy Group (Government / Business Group)
BCCI
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry
BCDTA
British Chemical Distributors & Traders Association
BCF
British Coatings Federation
BCGA
British Compressed Gases Association
BCM
Body Control Module
BCMA
British Combustion Equipment Manufacturers Association
BCNU
Be See in You
BCS
Bus and Coach Section
BCWMA
British Car Wash Manufacturers Association
BD
1. Bangladesh.
2. Bahamas.
3. Basic Design.
BDSN
Berkeley Digital Seismic Network
BE
1. Belgium.
2. Break Even.
BEAMA
British Electrotechnical & Allied Manufacturers Assiciation
BECA
British Exhibition Contractors Association
bef.
before
BEG
1. Big Evil Grin.
2. British Engines Group.
Bel-20
stock index (Belgium, Brussels Stock Exchange)
Bel&Dr
(in the Apocrypha) Bel and the Dragon
Belfox
Belgian Futures abd Options Exchange
BERR
Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
BEV
Battery Electric Vehicle
BF
1. Boyfriend.
2. Burkina Faso.
BFBI
Brute Force and Bloody Ignorance
BFD
Big fucking Deal
BFE
altic Futures Exchange (UK)
BFFL
Best Friends For Life
BFG
1. Big Friendly Giant.
2. Big fucking Gun.
3. Big fucking Grin.
4. Big Fat Grin.
BFH
Big fucking Hammer
BFM
Big fucking Magic
BFMI
Brute Force and Massive Ignorance
BFN
Bye For Now
BFO
Beat Frequency Oscillator
BFOG
Blouse Full Of Goodies
BFPA
British Fluid Power Association
BFPDA
British Fluid Power Distributors Assiciation
BFR
Brominated Flame Retardant
BFT
Beaufort scale
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
BGUTI
Better Get Used To It
BH
1. Better Half.
2. Bahrain.
BHC
Benzene hexachloride
BHO
Browser Helping Object
BHTA
British Healthcare Trades Association
BHW
Bulky Household Waste
BI
1. Burundi.
2. Brand India.
BIBI
Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity
Bibliogr.
(as label) in Bibliography; (in titles) Bibliography, -ical
BIBO
Beer In Beer Out
BIC
1. Back In Character.
2. Best In Class.
BICBW
But I Could Be Wrong
BICEMA
British Internal Combustion Engine Manufacturers Association
BIFA
British International Freight Association
BIL
Brother In Law
BIMSTEC
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BIMTA
British Independent Motor Trades Association
bio
biology
Biochem.
(as label) in Biochemistry; (in titles) Biochemistry, -ical
Biol.
(as label) in Biology; (in titles) Biology, - ical
BION
Believe It Or Not
BioRID
Biofidelic Rear Impact Dummy
BIOYA
Blow It Out Your Ass
BIOYIO
Blow It Out Your I/O port
BIP
Business Information Publications
BIS
1. Bureau of Indian Standards.
2. Bank for International Settlements.
BISCC
British Iron and Steel Consumer Council
BIT
Built in Test
BITA
British Industrial Truck Association
BITD
Beaten It To Death
BIW
Body in White
BJ
Benin
BJA
Bureau of Justice Assistance (USA)
Bk.
Book
BKA
Better Known As
BKAM
Between Keyboard And Monitor
Bks
books
BL
Backlink
BLE(H)
Bonnet Leading Edge (Height)
BLTN
Better Late Than Never
BM
1. Bite Me.
2. Bermuda.
3. Benchmark (geodetic and topographical surveying).
4. Bending Moment (structural engineering).
BM&F
Bolsade Mercadorias and Futuros Exchange
BMA
British Medical Association
BMB
Bite My Butt
BMCS
Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety
BMEP
Brake Mean Effective Pressure
BMF
1. Bad Mother fucker.
2. British Metals Federation.
3. British Motorcyclists Association.
BMI
Bloomington Illinois Airport code. Illinois,USA.
BMIHT
British Motor Industry Heritage Trust
BMOC
Big Man On Campus
BMR
Bsal metabolic rate
BMRA
British Metals Recycling Association
BMTIPG
Brilliant Minds Think In Parallel Gutters
BN
Brunei Darussalam
BNA
1. Bureau of National Affairs (USA).
2. French Standardization.
3. Basle Nomina Anatomica.
BNC
1. British National Committee of CIMAC.
2. British National Corpus.
BNF
Big Name Fan
BNI
Batteries Not Included
BO
1. Bolivia.
2. Business Owner.
3. Business object.
BOC
1. But Of Course.
2. Board of Orthotists/Prosthetists Certification.
BOD
1. Biological oxygen demand.
2. Beware Of Dog.
BOF
1. Boring Old Fart.
2. Birdsofa Feather (Special Interest Group).
3. Birds of a Feather.
4. ( BoF ) - Bag of Features
BOHICA
Bend Over Here It Comes Again!
BOHS
British Occupational Hygiene Board
BOJ
Bank of Japan
BOK
Beer On Keyboard
BOL
Best Of Luck
BOLD
blood oxygen level-dependent
BOM
Business object model
BOO
Build Own Operate
BOOMFM
Bored Out Of My fucking Mind
BOOYFM
Bored Out Of Your fucking Mind
BOP
Birds Of Paradise
BOS
1. Big Orange Switch (Panic Button).
2. Base Operating System.
3. Best Of Show.
4. Best Of Security.
5. Bill Of Sale.
6. Balance Of State.
BOSCA
British Oil Spill Control Association
Bot. (as label) in Botany; (in titles) Botany, -ical Bp.
Bishop
BOTB
British Overseas Trade Board
BOTE
Back Of The Envelope
BOTEC
Back Of The Envelope Calculation
BPEO
Best Practicable Environmental Option
BPF
British Plastics Federation
BPM
Best Practicable Means
BPT
Be aumont/ Port Arthur Airport code. South Texas Regional Airport. Texas,USA.
BPTR
Best Practicable Throughput Rate
BQA
British Quality Association
BQF
British Quality Foundation
BQN
Code for the Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Airport. The name of the airport is Rafael Hernandez
BQS
Better Quality Service
BR
1. Brazil.
2. British Rail.
BRB
Be Right Back
BRBGTG
Be Right Back, Got To Go Pee
BRC
1. bioresource center.
2. Bulk Refuse Container.
BRDC
British Racing Drivers Club
BRE
Building Research Establishment
BREF
1. British Renewable Energy Federation.
2. Best Available Techniques.
BRF
British Road Federation
BRGDS
Best Re Gar DS
Brit.
(in titles) Britain, British
BRMA
British Rubber Manufacturers Association
BRO
Brownsville / South Padre Island International Airport. Texas,USA.
BRPA
British Recovered Paper Association (formerly British Waste Paper Association)
BRS
Big Red Switch
BRSCC
British Racing & Sports Car Club
BS
1. Big Smile.
2. Bullshite.
BSC
1. Balancing & Settlement Code (under neta).
2. Balanced Score Card.
BSEG
Big shite Eating Grin
BSFC
Brake Specific Fuel Consumption
BSG
Broad Sweeping Generalization; Big Smiling Grin
BSI
British Standards Institute
BSIQA
British Standards Institution Quality Association
BSL
British Sign Language
BSOG
Bus Service Operators Grant
BSP
Bulk Supply Point
BSRIA
Building Services Research & Information Association
BST
Black Standard Temperature
BT
Bhutan
BTA
But Then Again
BTAICB
But Then Again I could Be Wrong
BTAIM
Be That As It May
BtB
Business to Business (im e-Commerce)
BtC
Business to Consumer (im e-Commerce)
BTDT
Been There , Done That
BTDTGT
Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt
BTFM
Beats the Funk out of Me
BTFT
Been There, Fixed That
BTL
Biomass to Liquids
BtoB
Business to Business (im e-Commerce)
BTOBD
Be There Or Be Dead
BtoC
Business to Consumer (im e-Commerce)
BTP
British Transport Police
BtPA
Business to Public Administration (im e-Commerce)
BTSOOM
Beats The shite Out Of Me
BTW
By the way
BUAF
Butt Ugly ASC II Font
BUAG
Butt Ugly ASCII Graphic
BUGS
Bloody User Generated Symptoms
Bulg.
Bulgarian
Bull.
(in titles) Bulletin
BV
Bouvet Island
BVMA
British Valve and Actuators Manufacturers Association
BVRLA
British Vehicle Rental & Leasing Association
BVSF
British Vehicle Salvage Federation
BVT
Build Verification Test.
BW
Botswana
BWCA
But Who Cares Anyway
BWI
British West Indies
BWQ
Buzz Word Quotient
bxs
boxes (Kisten)
BY
1. Bus Y.
2. Belarus.
BYKT
But You Knew That
BYKTA
But You Knew That Already
BYOB
Bring Your Own Booze / Bottle
BZ
Belize

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